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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






2. What is the function of vitamin C?






3. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






4. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






5. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






6. What type of people need extra protein?






7. When does BMR decrease?






8. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






9. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






10. The higher the BMR a client has --






11. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






12. What foods have high quality protein?






13. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






14. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






15. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






16. What are healthy sources of fats?






17. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






18. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






19. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






20. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






21. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






22. What function is vitamin D?






23. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






24. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






25. What is normal BMI?






26. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






27. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






28. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






29. Fats can lead to some medical problems






30. What function is vitamin A?






31. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






32. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






33. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






34. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






35. Name six sources of grains






36. When does BMR increase?






37. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






38. What is RDA of protein?






39. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






40. Sources of fats






41. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






42. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






43. What does DASH stand for?






44. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






45. What is the function of vitamin E?






46. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






47. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






48. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






49. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






50. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy